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Can She Excuse My Wrongs? Lyrics

Artist: Sting & Police
Album: Songs from the Labyrinth

Can She Excuse My Wrongs?Written By John Dowland

Can she excuse my wrongs with Virtue's cloak?Shall I call her good when she proves unkind?Are those clear fires which vanish into smoke?Must I praise the leaves where no fruit I find?

No, no, where shadows do for bodies standThou may'st be abus'd if thy sight be dimmedCold love is like to words written on sandOr to bubbles which on the water swimWilt thou be thus abused stillSeeing that she will right thee never?If thou cans't not o'ercome her willThy love will be thus fruitless ever

Wilt thou be thus abused stillSeeing that she will right thee never?If thou cans't not o'ercome her willThy love will be thus fruitless ever

Was I so base, that I might not aspireUnto those high joys which she holds from me?As they are high, so high is my desireIf she this deny, what can granted be?

If she will yield to that which Reason isIt is Reason's will that Love should be justDear, make me happy still by granting thisOr cut off delays if that I die mustBetter a thousand times to dieThan for to live thus still tormentedDear, but remember it was IWho for thy sake did die contented

Better a thousand times to dieThan for to live thus still tormentedDear, but remember it was IWho for thy sake did die contented